From about 1740 to 1886, St. Helena's Parish also had a chapel of ease on Lands End Road.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=19647 Chapel of Ease], The Historical Marker Database, accessed 17 February 2011.</ref>

From about 1740 to 1886, St. Helena's Parish also had a chapel of ease on Lands End Road.<ref>[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=19647 Chapel of Ease], The Historical Marker Database, accessed 17 February 2011.</ref>

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Before the American Revolution, the state church of South Carolina was the [[South Carolina Church Records#Church_of_England_.28Anglican.2C_Protestant_Episcopal.29|Church of England (the Anglican Church, or Protestant Episcopal Church)]]. Besides keeping parish registers, the church kept many records of a civil nature in their vestry books. The Vestry was as much a political body as a religious one. The wardens and commissioners were responsible for the roads, education, the poor and orphans, voting and collecting taxes in addition to their church duties.<ref>[http://archives.sc.gov/formation/ "The Formation of Counties in South Carolina,"] at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History website, accessed 21 January 2011.</ref>

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Before the American Revolution, the state church of South Carolina was the [[South Carolina Church Records#Church_of_England_.28Anglican.2C_Protestant_Episcopal.29|Church of England (the Anglican Church, or Protestant Episcopal Church)]]. Besides keeping parish registers, the church kept many records of a civil nature in their vestry books. The Vestry was as much a political body as a religious one. The wardens and commissioners were responsible for the roads, education, the poor and orphans, voting and collecting taxes in addition to their church duties.

=== Founded ===

=== Founded ===

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[[St._Helenas_Parish,_South_Carolina|St. Helena's Parish]] (Beaufort, Beaufort, SC) was created in 1712 on islands at the eastern tip of [[Granville County, South Carolina|Granville County]].<ref name="1760map">"South Carolina Counties and Parishes - 1760" [map] in ''Carolana'' at http://www.carolana.com/SC/Royal_Colony/sc_royal_colony_counties_parishes_1760.html (accessed 26 May 2011).</ref>

Hundreds of graves at St. Helena's are described at [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=259001&CScntry=4&CSst=43&CScnty=2319&CSsr=81& Find&nbsp;A Grave]. Includes transcripts and select photographs.

Hundreds of graves at St. Helena's are described at [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=259001&CScntry=4&CSst=43&CScnty=2319&CSsr=81& Find&nbsp;A Grave]. Includes transcripts and select photographs.

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In 1951, FamilySearch microfilmed a typescript of the parish register: {{FHL|370122|item|disp=FHL Film 23296}} Abstracts have been published:

In 1951, FamilySearch microfilmed a typescript of the parish register: {{FHL|370122|item|disp=FHL Film 23296}} Abstracts have been published:

The following registers have been indexed in the [http://www.familysearch.org International Genealogical Index]:<ref>Hugh Wallis, [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbersNA/SPSouth_Carolina.htm ''IGI Batch Numbers for South Carolina, USA,''] accessed 14 September 2010.</ref>

The following registers have been indexed in the [http://www.familysearch.org International Genealogical Index]:<ref>Hugh Wallis, [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbersNA/SPSouth_Carolina.htm ''IGI Batch Numbers for South Carolina, USA,''] accessed 14 September 2010.</ref>

History

From about 1740 to 1886, St. Helena's Parish also had a chapel of ease on Lands End Road.[1]

Before the American Revolution, the state church of South Carolina was the Church of England (the Anglican Church, or Protestant Episcopal Church). Besides keeping parish registers, the church kept many records of a civil nature in their vestry books. The Vestry was as much a political body as a religious one. The wardens and commissioners were responsible for the roads, education, the poor and orphans, voting and collecting taxes in addition to their church duties.

Founded

St. Helena's Parish (Beaufort, Beaufort, SC) was created in 1712 on islands at the eastern tip ofGranville County.[2]

Parish History

History Committee, St. Helena's Episcopal Church. The History of the Parish Church of St. Helena, Beaufort, South Carolina. Beaufort, S.C.: The History Committee and the Vestry of St. Helena's Episcopal Church, 1990.

For an early history of the parish, see Chapter 22, St. Helena's Parish, Beaufort, pages 375-381, in:

Dalcho, Frederick. An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Carolina from the First Settlement of the Province, to the War of the Revolution; with Notices of the Present State of the Church in Each Parish and Some Account of the Early Civil History of Carolina, Never Before Published. Charleston: E. Thayer, 1820. FHL Film 22657; digital versions at Google Books; Internet Archive.

Parish Records

Parish Registers

"An explanation of the way in which this register was saved during the Confederate War, may be of interest. Capt. Edward Barnwell for many years warden of St. Helena's Parish had it in his possession when he died in 1860. When Beaufort was evacuated in November 1861, his widow, Mrs. Sarah Caroline Barnwell (born Richardson) took it with her, preserved it during the war, and after it was over sent it to Mr. Robert Barnwell Rhett, Editor of the Charleston Mercury at his request, to allow him to obtain certain information about his family. He kept it until he removed to Huntsville, Ala., and left it with the Charleston Library Society. Some years afterwards, at the request of the Vestry, it was returned to them."[6]

In 1951, FamilySearch microfilmed a typescript of the parish register: FHL Film 23296 Abstracts have been published:

"Alphabetical register with frequent marginal notations emending or clarifying entries; inside cover bears elaborate rendering of the coat of arms of George II. The index was compiled in 1875-1888. Typescript vestry minutes (1729-1812) include correspondence with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts re securing missionaries, complaints re ministers’ deficiencies, references (1860) to donations and bequests for the education of the poor, a 1778 sumons and trial in magistrate’s court of a parishioner unwilling to pay his poor tax, an 1806 “Report from the several officiating minister’s… throughout the state…” on the general conditions of the church, and an 1806 list of theological and biblical books purchased. Among the family names in the records are Barnwell, Bond, Chaplin, Cuthbert, de Saussure, Elliott, Grayson, Hazzard, Heyward, Stuart, Talbird, Verdier, and Wigg."[8]